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The first Ku Klux Klan was started in the Southern States, and slowly started to go nation wide. The Klan purpose was to protect white Americans.
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This was when Henry Ford introduced the first car, the Model T, however, it was not aviable for the public until October 1st.
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The assembly line was open in 1908 for the Model T, but later re-done for even faster production, this happened in 1914
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They marched in the streets to celebrate the opening of the movie The Birth of a Nation. This movie made blacks sterotypes, and the Ku Klux Klan was glorified.
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The Red Scare started in 1917 when Russia had a revolution. Russia was then called the Soviet Union, and the government turned into communists.
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African Americans were able to help with World War 1 and got a few rights along with that.
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When this happened, the US was scared that communists would try to charge the government. When someone wore red, they could be considered a communist.
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Started at the beggining of 1920, more women started to begin working.
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Jazz was invented ad popular un this year.
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African Americans started the "Jazz Age" in Harlem New York.
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Slowly, technology began to advance during this time.
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This was the effective start of prohibition, but it was propossed Dec. 18th, 1917, and the admenment was changed Jan. 16th, 1919.
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Thousands of people were arrested, but some of them were never charged for the crime.
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As a temperary percaution, they limited immigration to 350,000 per year for a while. Hoping to keep down the population.
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This was the first radio station brodcasted in the south. This was a great advancement in technology.
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This was a law that restricted immagration by establishing a system of qutoas.
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From the National Origins Act, this decreased the number of immigrants per year from 350,000 to 150,000.
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In 1933 they made it able for women to vote. This picture is of what they called a flapper.
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This was the end of prohibition, when the 21st admenment ratified the 18th admenment, making achol illegal again.
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This is a very modern convince for today, and making people more relaxed by watching shows.
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Laptops are very helpful with work, and school, plus the netbooks help in school too.
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Vending Machinces are easy ways to get food or drinks faster then face to face contact with a person. This was invented in the early 1930s/late 1920s, and made it possible today
